They've been trained to focus for weeks at a time on a single goal. They know how to clearly identify obstacles and form step-by-step plans to overcome them.
Video game retailer GameStop issued an apology Friday for opening up copies of the just-released PC game Deus Ex: Human Revolution to remove a coupon that would have led customers to one of its competitors.
Given the stunning diversity of Android handsets, it's not surprising that not all Android apps run well on all Android devices. But so far, information about which hardware or version of the Android operating system is required to support specific apps isn't consistently available.
After weeks of headlines about the outage of its hacker-compromised online gaming system, Sony on Monday looked to change the conversation with Playstation Vita, a machine they say will "revolutionize" handheld game play.
The new device will feature six-axis motion sensors, front and rear cameras, a touchscreen and a touchpad on the back.
Depending on which Internet rumor you believe, it will be called Wii 2, Project Café or Stream. The only thing we know for certain about Nintendo's new video game system is that it's coming in 2012.
Video game pioneer Richard Garriott resides in a castle-like mansion outside of Austin, Texas, that would be the fantasy dwelling for any grown-up kid. But his favorite place to live is a five-bedroom fixer-upper some 250 miles up.
Motherboard.tv talks to Richard Garriott, who believes space travel should be within everyone's grasp.
In the world of massive multi-player online role-playing games (MMORPG), "World of Warcraft" is the gold standard with more than 12 million subscribers as of October 2010.
Felicia Day, creator and star of the cult-favorite web series "The Guild," will be a keynote speaker at the 2011 South by Southwest Interactive festival.
Vietnam's Ministry of Information and Communications has cut off overnight public Internet access in businesses and banned advertisements of online games pending new regulations amid a public outcry over the games' influence on youth, the state-run news agency reported.
Downloading games straight to your favorite handheld or set-top video game system has quickly emerged as one of the simplest, most wallet-friendly ways to get the most from your gaming dollar.
Sick of paying $50 to $60 for a video game?
After 20 million gameplays of its massively popular Flash game "Robot Unicorn Attack," Adult Swim has released an iPhone version.
"Video games are bigger than ever. ... There's never been a better time to get back in," British billionaire Sir Richard Branson said at the E3 trade show Tuesday in announcing his new venture, Virgin Gaming.
CNN's Errol Barnett examines South Korea's plans to curb gaming addiction by banning online gaming after midnight.
Check out the EA Sports demonstration of the new Tiger Woods online video game.
A South Korean couple whose three-month-old daughter died of malnutrition while they were raising a virtual child in an online game pleaded guilty to negligent homicide on Friday.
A South Korean couple whose baby died while they spent hours playing a video game pleaded guilty to negligent homicide.
Some people think of online gamers and see gaunt loners huddled in dark rooms, the sad blue glow of the computer screen on their faces as their lives pass them by.
Modern Warfare 2 has 25 million unique users online. One of them is CNN photojournalist Gabe Ramirez.
While in high school, Cheong Beom-seok often slept through his classes and played online games seven or eight hours at night, sneaking in front of the computer while his parents were in bed.
Game developer, Jane McGonigal, hopes to harness kids' passions to create change.
CNN at TED2010
updated: Mon Feb 15 2010 13:35:00
Preview our conversations with speakers from the TED conference in Long Beach, California.
Pointing to a graphic of a spider's silk-spinning organ projected on a giant screen, scientist Cheryl Hayashi said, "That's the business end of a spider," drawing laughs from hundreds in the TED2010 conference audience. "Hey don't laugh, that's my life."
A 14-year-old boy allegedly beaten at a boot camp in China for young Internet addicts was in critical condition Thursday, less than three weeks after a youth at a different camp died, Chinese state media reported.
While China is seriously cracking down on the exchange of virtual currencies for real cash, virtual economies backed by newfound legitimacy elsewhere are quickly gaining ground in the real world.
When Navy snipers rescued an American cargo-ship captain last month from Somali pirates, it sounded like something from a movie.
When Santiago Martinez wants to give his friends birthday presents, he buys a cake or flowers or sometimes a teddy bear.
I already made the initial investment for the system about a year ago. I'm not super savvy about video-game consoles, but I want to maximize its usefulness.
Most adults still think you have to go to Target for a deck of trading cards if you want to play a hit game like "Magic: The Gathering." Their kids know better.
Michael Westen, the main character in USA Network's hit show, "Burn Notice," has plenty going for him. He's attractive, and handy with a sniper rifle. But after spending ten years as a covert operative in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, he has been mysteriously blacklisted by the United States. He's not sure what it will take to get his good name back.
While most the attention in the multibillion-dollar interactive entertainment industry tends to focus on TV-based console games, there are some exciting happenings on the PC front that deserve notice.
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